The week after the Nightmare Moon incident, things were finally normal in Ponyville. Twilight was going to help Applejack with bucking apples and I was working in the shop with Pinkie. Things were pretty slow today at the shop compared to the past few days, so Pinkie was asking me more questions about myself as well as I could.
"So why do your eyes look like that. Is that magic you used on them or are they normally like that?" Pinkie was bouncing around me while asking me anything and everything.
"They are normally like this. They have been like this ever since I was born. I used to be teased about it, but it didn't really bother me. They are a part of who I am, and I learned to embrace it."
"Okay, so where were you for all those years? You know, why were you not here for a long time?" She had stopped bouncing because she had to take a batch of iced cupcakes out of the oven, which I had no idea how she did that.
"Well, I was mostly asleep. I can sleep for extremely long periods of time. I slept for around 50,000 years before I woke up. I was around for around 1,500 years before that." I was explaining while icing a cake I had just made. I could make a pretty decent cake when I wanted to.
"Wow. That is a really long time to sleep. That means you missed a bunch of birthday parties. I have to make up for them. Go out and have fun while I prepare the party." Pinkie pushed me out of the store into the street and closed the door behind her.
"Well then, that could have gone much better. I guess I'll find Rainbow and see how well I can fly with these wings while I'm at it." I flapped my wings and took off. I spotted Big Mac in a girdle walking down Stirrup Street. I knew where to find Rainbow immediately after seeing this. She was on the farm hoof wrestling Applejack, and this was going to be a long day.
I grabbed myself a cloud and got some cookies I had made earlier and set off to find a good place to watch all the drama that was going to happen. If I saw one of the mane six, I sent them to find Twilight. I told them that Twilight had something to speak to them about. After the others knew about the tickets, I got off of the cloud and glided to Twilight.
"Hello there, Twilight. Is something bothering you?" I asked her. She looked distraught, thinking about whom to give the ticket to.
"I don't really want to talk about it. I don't want you to get involved as well. That would make the decision harder to make." She nervously scuffed the ground with her hoof, looking for a reason to get away from me.
"Trust me, I don't want the ticket. I'm content in watching how the situation will resolve itself. I'm sure you will think of something. I must get going, there is supposed to be a storm today and I'd rather not get stuck out in the rain. I also am quite hungry, so I shall go somewhere to eat." I walked off to find a restaurant that would suit my needs. I happened to find the one that Twilight would be coming to, and decided that I would just wait for her to show up. I grabbed the menu and ordered the hayfries to tide me over until Twilight got here.
It didn't take all that long, as I could see Twilight sitting down at a table to order. As the waiter came in to get her food I asked him to ask if Twilight was going to eat in the rain. It was entertaining to watch the other ponies rush in while Twilight stayed outside and stayed dry because of Rainbow Dash. And then she got rained on because Rainbow had zipped the cloud closed. Twilight sighed and then got pulled by Rarity to the boutique.
"Well this leaves me some more time I guess. I should probably just walk around and see new ponies." I got up from my table after eating and left a large tip while I headed out the door. I went to the school to see if they were doing anything interesting, and as soon as I got to the gate an orange blur came past me. I looked at the filly riding the scooter and immediately recognized Scootaloo, with Sweetie Belle in tow. "Well I see they are completely late for class, this is going to be funny." I walked into the school house and realized it was totally smaller on the outside than it was on the inside.
I walked around, trying to find the classroom that Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle had entered but I couldn't seem to find it. That was when I heard Cheerilee giving a lecture to someone down the hall. I quickly trotted down to where she was and saw that she was talking to Scootaloo, giving her a lecture about bringing her scooter into the school.
"I don't want to hear any excuses, Scootaloo. Just because you were late does not mean you can ride into the school on your scooter. You could have seriously injured somepony." Mrs. Cheerilee kept going on like this for around three minutes before I didn't want to listen to her anymore. I stepped around the corner and gave both her and Scootaloo a smile.
"I'm sorry ma'am; I was talking to her and needed her to do something for me before she arrived here. A problem arose when I was running around doing some work and I asked for her help. When she realized that she was late for school, I granted her permission to ride her scooter here. I did not, however, say that she could ride it into the school. So if you need to punish someone, let it be me. I need to have a talk with Miss Scootaloo after this though.
"Well, I believe that you did not know that this was going to happen, so I forgive you and Scootaloo. Please make sure that you do not talk for too long to her, Mr. Ordeus, she still has class to attend." Mrs. Cheerilee walked back into her classroom after saying this, closing the door so that the class would not be disturbed.
"Well dang it, I don't want to be called Mr. Ordeus. That makes me sound like an old stallion, which technically I am, but still! Now Scootaloo, I do believe that a punishment is in order for riding your scooter into the school." I started walking toward her with a grin on my face.
"Please don't hurt my bottom too much; last time I got paddled, I couldn't sit down for a week." Scootaloo closed her eyes, waiting for me to grab her and give her a paddling.
I reached down and gave her a noogie. "Don't worry kid, I aint gonna give you a paddling. You're too cool for that. I just have to remind you to make sure not to do what you did again, and make sure you don't almost run somepony over if they are coming to the school. Now, get to class. I don't want a teacher coming to lecture me on why I shouldn't hold a young kid in the hall for a long time while class is going on."
"Thanks Mr. Ordeus, sir. You're pretty cool yourself. Not as cool as Rainbow Dash, but still awesome in your own way." She started to walk towards her next class, leaving me standing in the hallway. I had a nagging feeling in the back of my head telling me I was forgetting something. Then I remembered what it was.
"Don't call me Mr.; just Ordeus is fine!" I shouted to her retreating form. She gave a wave of acknowledgement and entered her classroom. I sighed and knocked on the door of Mrs. Cheerilee's class. She opened the door and was surprised to see that I was still here.
"Well hello again, Mr. Ordeus. What are you still doing in the school?" She asked me while blocking the doorway so that the students couldn't see me.
"I just wish to observe the class. I find scholastics interesting in this day. And, please don't call me 'Mr. Ordeus', just Ordeus is fine with me." I craned my neck to look into the class to see a small amount of colts and fillies in desks, trying to look around Cheerilee to see who she was talking to.
"Well of course you may come in to observe the class Mr.…. I mean Ordeus. We were just about to start a lesson on the history of Equestria, I am sure that you would be able to add interesting information to the lesson as well." She allowed me to enter the room and then pointed me over to a large chair in the corner of the room. I sat down and 'remembered' the events that had happened while I had slept. I could see Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon whispering to each other and snickering and pointing at me. I could also easily make out Applebloom, who was only one of the ponies that wasn't surprised to see me in the classroom because she was focused on the lesson that was going on.
I looked at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon and pointed at them. "You two should really pay attention to the lesson instead of staring at my flank. What if you have a pop quiz on the subject and all you can remember is my flank? That would be pretty embarrassing."
This comment elicited a few laughs from the rest of the class and made the two fillies in question blush furiously and look back towards the front of the class. Mrs. Cheerilee looked shocked that I would bring up something like that in the middle of class. I just looked at her, giving her a wide smile and a motion of my hoof telling her to continue teaching. She complied and went on with the lesson; all the while the classmates were sniggering and looking at me with newfound respect.
"Yes, before we were so rudely interrupted by Ordeus, I was talking about the importance of the Elements of Harmony in Equestrias history . The princesses found them while they were looking for something to help them in their quest to harmonize Equestria, because the rule of a creature had de-harmonized the entire land. We will get to that lesson later. The princesses used the power of the elements to banish the ruler and restore peace to the land."
"Actually, they were looking specifically for the elements. Star Swirl the Bearded had told them that the elements could be found somewhere in Equestria. That was before he went completely bonkers off his rocker and started raving on how cutie marks were a power source for a machine he was making. He died shortly after that…" As I was about to finish that sentence the bell rang, and it was time for school to get out. I sighed and got up, exiting the classroom with the rest of the kids. Mrs. Cheerilee told me not to come in for her class again because I was a distraction.
As I walked outside, I saw a large amount of ponies chasing after Twilight. I jumped in the path of the crowd, but they just kept moving and completely trampled me. I got back up slowly, thinking that the tickets to the gala were not worth what the others thought they were. Applebloom walked up to me with worry in her eyes.
"You all right mister?" She looked over me to see if I had been hurt seriously. Her eyes landed on my flank and she gasped. "Ah didn't know there was a blank flank alicorn!"
"Of course there is, I thought you would have heard of me when I first showed up in town. Heck, even Celestia talked about me to the rest of the town. And even if you didn't hear that, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were obviously making comments about me being blank flanked. By the way, don't let them get you down about being blank flanked. It just means you're unique and that you have the possibility of doing anything you put your mind to. It also helps that an alicorn is a blank flank, so there should be less negative thoughts about us." I told her as we were walking towards the gate. When we reached the gate she turned towards me.
"Thanks for tha words mister. Ah'l remember what ya said." She started trotting off towards Sweet Apple Acres with a more positive outlook on being a blank flank.
"And please call me Ordeus, I hate being called mister. It makes me feel my age." I told her as I walked away from the school. I passed Octavia and Vinyl Scratch; both were being tailed by Pinkie. She was asking if they would play for a party she was planning. She then saw me and bolted away, obviously trying to keep the details of my party a surprise. I had honestly forgotten that she had planned to throw a party for me in the first place.
"Yo, DJ-Pon3, what's up?" I walked over to Vinyl, giving her a hoof bump. "It would be awesome if you could be the DJ at the party Pinkie is planning. I'm pretty sure that you and I have the some of the same tastes in music. And Octavia, it would be lovely if you could also attend the party and play some music."
"Of course dude, I wouldn't miss a Pinkie Pie party for a weeks' worth of sleep. I just gotta get my station set up in town hall and I'll rattle your bones with the bass." Vinyl started banging her head, imagining what type of tracks she would play at the party. "We'll get Neon Lights as well, 'cause it wouldn't be much of a party without him."
"I do not see why I would need to bring my instrument if Vinyl is playing at this party. If I tried to play, she would just drown me out with her 'wubs'." Octavia looked at her roommate disapprovingly.
"Don't worry; I'll make sure that it is quiet enough for you to play your pieces. I also love to listen to classical. Maybe you two could do a collaboration and work together to make better music." I thanked them and walked off. I went to the library to see how the ticket affair was going. I walked in as soon as Twilight was on the ground covering her head. I sighed and walked over to her, covering her with my wing.
"Girls I am pretty sure that she is feeling a large amount of pressure on who to choose. You do realize that she was right in saying if she chose one of you to go with her, the rest of you would be disappointed." Twilight was starting to get up, so I lifted my wing to let her up. The rest of the girls apologized, and they all got into a group hug. Spike just stood there with a disgusted look on his face. "Spike, you'll realize one day that that is exactly what you'll want from them."
"No way would I want that. I'll just go back to sleep." Spike started to wobble up the stairs, but I pulled him back down with my magic. "Hey! What was that for?"
"Twilight is about to have you send a letter to Celestia. I just thought I would save you the time and effort of having to come back down the stairs." I turned towards Twilight and hoofed her a piece of parchment and a quill.
"Thank you Ordeus, and how did you know I was going to send a letter?" Twilight took the items with her magic and started to write down her message.
"Let's just say it was a hunch." I shrugged my shoulders, and she just gave me a smile.
"If all of my friends can't come to the gala, then I won't go either." She floated the tickets into the rolled up parchment. "Go ahead and send it Spike."
Spike sent the letter and started back up the stairs again. I once again pulled him back. He gave me an angry look. I just looked back at him with a look of indifference. The girls had another group hug and Spike fake gagged again, right before going into a state of actually gagging.
"Well, if it isn't just like a boy to not be able to handle the girly things…" Applejack moved over to Spike and ducked just in time to avoid his fire. "Whoa nelley!"
Twilight picked up the scroll and unwound it, letting the six tickets show off the side of the scroll. "Well why didn't you say so, here are six tickets for you and your friends." The girls started to jump around the room in glee. They moved towards the door because they said they would treat Twilight to a meal. Spike held the door open for them and handed them the tickets as they went out. He looked disappointed when the last ticket left his claws.
"Don't worry Spike; I'm sure that you will get one as well." I gave him a smile and started to walk out the door as soon as he belched up another scroll. He started giggling as he raced outside, handing me a ticket as he passed me. I looked towards the letter he had left on the floor.
"Here is a ticket for you Spike. I also ask that you deliver this extra ticket to Ordeus so that he may join us at the gala. I have some things to talk to him about. Princess Celestia."
"Well, this should be and interesting life here. I'll just sleep for now until the party starts." I walked into Sugarcube Corner and climbed the stairs to my room. I got into the bed and was asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
I dreamt of a vast plain and rolling hills covered in green grasses, underneath a vast moon. I wondered why I dreamt of this place instead of something I remembered from back home. Then I heard something approach me from behind. I turned around and saw the princess of the night, Princess Luna. This must be her creation of a dreamscape.
"We know you are not one of our kind, being. Pray tell us, what exactly are you. Why have you come to our peaceful planet, with your knowledge of war and death?" She walked around me as she spoke. She stopped in front of me and sat down, waiting for an answer.
"If you must know, make sure that nopony else knows this. You must tell not even your sister of the truth, for it could be catastrophic. I am a being that is known as a human, but I was given the task of keeping order in this new world I was brought to. I made the planet as it is today, creating life and shaping the land. I created the basics, but evolution has brought its own changes." I explained all to her, not leaving a single detail out. When I had finished she asked me more questions.
"So if this is not what your original form is, then what is it? And if you created everything and were supposed to keep order, how was Discord created?" She had gotten into my face at this point. I sighed and pushed her out of the way.
"In response to the second question, I have no idea how Discord came to be. It happened while I was asleep, so there are multiple possibilities on how he came into existence. I can easily answer the first question, I can just show you." I backed away and changed into my normal form, with a few added details. I appeared with Daedric armor and a shield attached to my back. I also realized that my hair had grown down to my waist, so I pulled it into a pony tail and put it into my armor. Luna looked shocked at what I looked like, as I stood at her height but looked much more intimidating.
"So this is what you normally look like? What is this on you; it makes you look like you bathed in blood." She backed up from me further, trying to keep her breathing steady.
"Well that is somewhat true." I pulled of my helm and un-tucked my hair, letting it flow in the breeze. "The armor I am wearing was made from ebony and the heart of a daedra. I wear it for protection from enemies as well as the weather. It is like a shell for me. But it covers my true self; I only wish for peace and that shows in my face when I remove my helm. So if you see an armored 'person' walking around, that's me trying to get somewhere quickly." I emphasized the word person so that she would understand that was how I referred to myself. "I can also do anything I can imagine, as I said before. So I might just turn into a normal looking pegasus."
"So you're telling us that you mean no harm? How do we know we can trust you?" She got up into my face again, looking slightly less intimidated because I didn't have my helmet on.
"I already told you everything about me and my task. I trust you to keep it secret, so therefore you should be able to trust me. And I do not mean you or any of your subjects harm. I am simply here as an observer, only meant to step in when the dwellers of this planet can do nothing against a threat the will disturb the order. Also, without chaos and discord, the overabundance of harmony would destabilize the world and cause it to crumble. I probably sensed this and created Discord, not in an attempt to destroy the world, but as a means of stabilizing the balance."
"We will believe you then. If you try to do anything we deem dangerous to our people, we shall squash you into the ground." She turned around and started to leave the dream realm she had created.
"I would love to see you try." I spoke quietly so she wouldn't hear me. She left and I woke up surrounded by a very large group of ponies, all of them wearing party hats.
"Surprise!" Pinkie yelled in my ear. I smiled and got out of the bed, ready to enjoy an awesome party.